Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Alliance Ginneries sets up mega plant June 9, 2016 Business Business Reporter AGRO industrial company Alliance Ginneries has installed a 10 000 tonne cotton seed processing plant in Norton, making it the country’s second cotton seed processor. Alliance, which is involved in every facet of the cotton value chain will focus on seed multiplication of Government bred …
Nesting of tobacco is a crime June 9, 2016 Business Whenever a bale is confiscated for nesting, farmers are certain to tell you one story as if singing from the same hymn book, “it’s my workers, baling took place whilst I was away”. This regrettably is no defense hence the twenty dollars (US$20) per bale penalty or …
Tobacco farmers destroy 50 000ha forests annually June 7, 2016 Local News Tedious Manyepo Herald ReporterTobacco farmers across the country destroy about 50 000 hectares of forested land to cure the crop every year, a senior Forestry Commission official has said. In an interview on Friday last week, Forestry Commission operations manager, Mr Stephen Zingwena said the …
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Dendairy assists herd revitalisation June 7, 2016 Business Lovemore Zigara Midlands CorrespondentKWEKWE based milk processor, Dendairy has partnered the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) and the Zimbabwe Dairy Industrial Trust (ZDIT) to facilitate the importation of 400 dairy heifers. Part of the herd has already been delivered as part of efforts to boost milk production. The …
Mechanisation key to food security: Made June 6, 2016 in National, News ZIMBABWE needs to move fast in accepting agricultural mechanisation in order to reclaim its regional breadbasket tag, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development minister Joseph Made has said. BY RICHARD CHIDZA Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of the recently held Adma Agricultural Show just outside Harare, …
‘Blueberry industry is poised for growth’ June 6, 2016 Business Business ReporterA Netherlands based horticultural PUM expert, Mr Peter de Wit, who was recently in Zimbabwe, said the Blueberry industry is poised for growth given the growing market and consumer preferences in Europe. “With higher prices and greater demand in export markets, blueberries, among other soft …
State moves to pay farmers early By ZimSitRep_M | June 5, 2016 0 Comment Source: State moves to pay farmers early | The Sunday Mail June 5, 2016 Livingstone MarufuFarmers have delivered over 25 000 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board this year although more still needs to be done to pay them on time, a senior Government official …
Padenga culls 4 100 crocodile skins in a month By Staff Reporter Padenga currently has 44 088 crocodiles hatched in 2014 and 52 326 last year in Zimbabwe. PADENGA Holdings has culled a total 4 100 crocodile skins in the current culling season which commenced last month, and the company is confident of achieving …
TIMB finalising e-marketing system June 2, 2016 Business TIMB embarked on the electronic marketing project in order to automate and speed up processes at auction floors thereby decongesting the floors. Sales data will also be relayed in real-time to stakeholders, which is in contrast to the previous setup where data would be uploaded to TIMB systems at …
Zesa to construct Mutare, Triangle line June 2, 2016 Business Martin Kadzere : Senior Business Reporter ZESA Holdings intends to construct a new electricity distribution line linking Mutare and Triangle at a cost of about $150 million and has already invited bids from interested companies to undertake the project, spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said yesterday. To be known …